Preacher David's Corner

       Welcome Spring!”

Genesis 8:22 - ‘While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease”. Ecclesiastes 3:1 -”To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”. I, for one, eagerly await Spring. I love the change and all that God reveals in each season but Spring is very special to me. The warm temperatures, birds chipping, opening of buds to grow and the grass turning green helps me to shake off Winters dreariest times. I see God in all of this! His faithfulness is available to us at all times, if we look for it. From the pen of the great King of Israel, King Solomon, we have what we call the book of Proverbs. King Solomon is great because he loved the Lord and walked in the statues of his Father, King David. He was great too, because when the Lord appeared to him at Gibeon in a dream to grant unto him the wish of his heart, he asked for wisdom and an understanding heart that he might be able to govern God’s people discerning the difference between what is right and what is wrong. He did not ask for riches or a long life. Spring can be a beginning for us to renew our time with God. A time to feel His presence and to begin to really talk with Him and start a new season with Him. What will God have you do that you are not doing today? The warmth of His closeness helps us to relax and seek Him listening for your instructions. A quick look at nature let’s us see God at work. Flowers and grass grow. Why can we not grow as well? The beauty of flower blooms help us realize that we can bloom as well into God ‘s perfect design. To be Christ like is the perfect picture. Jeremiah 6:16 teaches us to “stand in the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where is the good way and walk therein and ye shall find rest for your souls”. If we do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, it will be well with us. Teaching, training and raising our children and grand children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord works. We need to spring ahead and do this always! Now that Spring has come we can begin to do those things that is the work of Christ. The very foundation of every successful endeavor of Southern Baptist across all years of our history has been the teaching and preaching of Jesus Christ. Spring planting will see that some of the seeds will fall by the way, some will fall on stony ground, some will fall among the thorns, but some will fall on good ground. It will yield an increase, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred fold! I am saved, my wife is saved, my son and daughter are saved because someone sowed the seed. That is how you were saved as well! This Spring may we sow the seed! Hopefully COVID –19 is becoming less of a problem and we can have somewhat of a normal life this Spring. Still being safe but spreading the seed as we move inch by inch, and foot by foot. Slowly and gradually over a period of time we can return to Church Worship, Sunday School and yes even pot luck suppers. The seed is sown in many ways. Jesus said in Matthew 5:10 “let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven”. Different folks sow the seed in different ways. It is the same seed of Jesus Christ! Spring is here, it is time for all of us to sow the word. Will you sow the seed this Spring? Will you see folks bloom and grow in the Lord? Whether you are in the home, the store, the market place or the factory, sow the seed . Don’t let satan cheat you out of God’s work. Sow like never before. It is not too late but it is very late! 

                                                                            Your Servant, David